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Offlineflashbulbgulf
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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 3
    #26936145 - 09/14/20 11:24 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

A few that come to mind:

- Save worn out toothbrushes for cleaning stuff - e.g. dirty boots
- If a pen won't write, trying putting the tip under a hot tap for a second or two.
- Don't say anything to police/cops. Not being anti-cop, but there is very little advantage and whole lot of disadvantage.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: chopity] * 3
    #28468214 - 09/13/23 09:32 PM (4 months, 12 days ago)

:ducklol:

HOW TO ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF A PLUMBER

-Call the plumber after lunch on friday or before a public holiday weekend.

-Hassle him to fit you in.

-Estimate the time and ease of job. (They like that) explain that it is a five minute job that you could do yourself if “only you had the time.”

-Negotiate the smallest most inconvenient window of booking opportunity. (I have to go to the gym or some other more important engagement than your blocked shitter, will smooth this over.

-Ask for a fixed price. (Even of its a burst pipe or blocked drain) When the plumber refuses to be nailed down, some jovial comment like “I should have been a plumber”will keep the negotiation nice and light.

-Tell him that you will run it by your wife and call back in five.

-Call ten other plumbers and then phone back. If he answers the phone again and arrives be sure to be in the shower or on the way home.

-Show him the job which does not vaguely resemble what you described.

-Ask him to move his truck. Someone needs to get their car out and it clearly cant wait the “five minutes”.

-Show him where the problem is. Explain how you cant find the key to the side gate and he will have to lug his equipment around.

-Now is probably a good time to point out that the problem appeared on Monday.

-Embark on a long winded story involving names of people he could not give a toss about, and every completely unrelated event leading to this moment in time.

-Share your half cocked theory on what is going on. (“Air in the pipes” perhaps?)

-Apologize for the 20 years of piss-cheese build up on around your toilet where he will be working. Explain how it is someone else’s fault. It will make it more palatable.

-Tell them one of your close relatives was a plumber. (He will be extremely interested and it will create a sense of kinship between you)

-Explain that you would be quite capable of doing the job and that you have done heaps of plumbing in the past. (He will love to hear that his knowledge, skills and necessary equipment amount to being a glorified handyman.

-Tell the plumber that normally you use a different plumber but he was not answering his phone.

-Wait until he is nearly finished and ask him if he has time to embark on the dreaded “Friday tap “marathon”. There are no sweeter words on a Friday evening at 6 pm than “while Ive got you here”

-Make sure you have one of them terrifying, cold, damp, dead skin removing scrunchy things keeping guard over the shower handle.

-Watch the plumber closely. The plumbing skills you gleaned from your family member will place you well to critique his every action.

-Pull out some parts you picked up from True Value 10 years ago. (No sense wasting huh?)

-Keep locking the screen door. It may be a minor inconvenience for the plumber to keep having to ask you to unlock it whenever he needs to go to his truck, but home invasions are on the rise.

-Grill the plumber over why he has to leave site to pick up part for your Chinese imported toilet suite. That you “got a great deal on”.

-Complain about the invoice to all your friends about the plumbers price and unpleasant demeanour.

-Call a week later and say “Ever since your guy was here, the refrigerator light isn’t coming on”


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 2
    #26595104 - 04/12/20 06:13 AM (3 years, 9 months ago)

Dremels/hacksaws/boltcutters were a big aha moment for me. Always thought you needed more special tools to cut metal but nope. Cutting stripped nuts off with a dremel is a lifesaver


Here's a cool electric one for pulling wire through conduit/pipe: You tape a small plastic bag to a long piece of string and put the bag into the end of the conduit so that it blocks airflow in the conduit/lets the vacuum get suction on it. Then you take a shop-vac and put the vacuum hose into the other end of the conduit and suck the bag/string through, leaving plenty of string on the original end of course. Then you just tie/tape all your wires to that string, soap it up so it slides easier and pull the wires back through the conduit with the other end of the string.

Hopefully that makes sense. Was installing some electric stuff last week and thought that was the coolest trick. Otherwise I have no idea how you'd pull 4 bulky wires through a long underground pipe with bends in it. One step closer to getting a proper shower installed. Its been fun learning how to do basic electrical/plumbing; I always perceived them to be complicated things but its really not, at least at basic household level


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 2
    #27044088 - 11/17/20 03:48 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

When pulling nails out of drywall use a wide spatula or similar item to spread the pressure from the hammer and prevent a hole in the drywall. Also works well for prying off trim without damaging the wall




If you break the head off a nail that you are trying to pull out use a pair of vice grips to clamp on and then use the rounded part of the grips like a lever to pull the nail out



Going to try to keep adding tips like this if you guys think they are helpfil


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 2
    #27062392 - 11/29/20 03:08 AM (3 years, 1 month ago)

If you ever drop weed or a delicate substance you wanna pick it up ...stick some satin(boxer shorts) or a fine grade stocking over a vacuum cleaners nozzle and it'll act like a catchers mit.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: pineninja] * 2
    #27063460 - 11/29/20 05:46 PM (3 years, 1 month ago)

Use nail polish to color code your keys



You can also coat the bottom of metal cans left in the bathroom with nail polish to help prevent leaving rust-ring stains



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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 2
    #28215654 - 03/05/23 10:40 AM (10 months, 18 days ago)

Use a golf tee to fill a screw hole, like when rehanging a door or replacing the strike plates when replacing a knob/lock. 

gently hammer the golf tee in and snap off level with the wood, careful not to break the tee before it gets depth.

Set a reminder on the first of the month to change your filters for furnace, eventually it will become habitual.

If you cant find your stud finder, you can use a magnet to find drywall screws/nails to find the studs.  Always look for outlets, and be mindful of where electrical wiring may be.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: Renoraines] * 2
    #28216257 - 03/05/23 05:32 PM (10 months, 18 days ago)

Great tip for using a magnet to find screws when you don't have a stud finder :thumbup:

I can even see that being very helpful if you need to take down some dry wall.


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DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks * 1
    #26509940 - 02/29/20 03:56 PM (3 years, 10 months ago)

Got a Pro-Tip/Life Hack you wanna share?

Heres mine I just learned. Wanna make a new hole for your leather belt? Grab a scratch awl and poke thru the inside of the belt where you need a notch.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: flashbulbgulf] * 1
    #26938302 - 09/16/20 01:51 AM (3 years, 4 months ago)

A 9V battery and some steel wool can be used to start a campfire.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: GreenHorns] * 1
    #26949658 - 09/22/20 03:59 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

If your refrigerator is not cooling very well clean the coils underneath. It is easy with a long brush and a vacuum and your fridge will work like new.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: jipped] * 1
    #26987444 - 10/15/20 05:37 PM (3 years, 3 months ago)

Easy way to cut perfect circles of any size with a router. Thought that was pretty cool. I'm thinking about building some speakers



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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
    #27056950 - 11/25/20 10:55 AM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Coping is an essential part of installing baseboard molding. If you do two 45 degree angles the tendency is for them to separate over time, especially during dry winter. Instead you pick the longest section that is first seen when you walk into a room, install a piece with flat ends and then cope the pieces that abutt to it so they fit over the molding. This is how I do it

1. Cut at 45 degrees across the face of your molding


2. This gives an outline of the molding



3.clamp it on a workbench



4. Use a coping saw to cut along the edge


5. Finish up with a sharp utility knife, a file or rasp can also be used



Once done the piece will now fit over another piece of the same molding perfectly.


(Straight piece on left and coped piece on right)


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: Sugabearcrisp] * 1
    #27057271 - 11/25/20 03:22 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Here's one for ya...

If you need to cut a screw/bolt to a shorter length without messing up the threads:
  • Thread two nuts onto your screw/bolt, leaving the outside nut exactly where you want the new length to be.
  • Use two wrenches to to tighten the two nuts into each other (get them real tight so the bolt won't spin when you start cutting).
  • Throw the bolt into your vise.
  • Using a dremel or a hacksaw, use the nut as a guide to cut the bolt to length.
  • When done cutting, unthread the two nuts which will clean up any issues with the threading.
  • :fingerpistol:


Another life hack:
Stop eating gyros from Arby's and go to a food truck or family owned restaurant instead, if completed properly you will earn respect and have a way danker gyro.


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: madmodder] * 1
    #27062366 - 11/29/20 02:13 AM (3 years, 1 month ago)

Add a small neodymium magnet to the shaft of your screwdriver to more strongly hold screws/fasteners when required.



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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 1
    #27064951 - 11/30/20 04:06 PM (3 years, 1 month ago)

Vinegar contains acetic acid which can remove rust and clean metal submerged in it. :thumbup:


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 1
    #27069198 - 12/03/20 12:41 AM (3 years, 1 month ago)

When painting, remember to press the edge of your masking tape down, to prevent paint from bleeding underneath.



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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 1
    #27070676 - 12/03/20 08:02 PM (3 years, 1 month ago)

When you have an open tube of caulking you want to keep, stick a screw in the end and then apply some tape over(not seen in picture) the opening and screw, to try to reduce air exposure. When you need it again, you can take the tape off and pull-out the screw which should bring with it the dried up bits of caulking at the end, which would otherwise plug up the opening. Works for me, but some types of caulking just like hardening up, even if not opened, no matter what you do, so as a bonus tip: check the expiry dates of caulking you are buying. :thumbup:



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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 1
    #27083120 - 12/10/20 10:03 PM (3 years, 1 month ago)

Another method for cleaning out stubborn gunk from your files, other than using a file brush, is the piece of copper technique.

Cut open a piece of copper pipe/tube and flatten it out, then run the edge along the file, in the direction of the grain of the file. The file will quickly cut grooves into the soft copper making teeth which reach down into the grooves of the file dislodging the embedded dirt/material.

The process can be better seen in the video below:


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Re: DIY Pro-Tips/Life Hacks [Re: ch0ppie] * 1
    #27089654 - 12/14/20 10:59 PM (3 years, 1 month ago)

A plumb bob is a useful tool for measuring/marking a point beneath another point of reference.





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